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Abaantu Festival Author Session: Sakiru Adebayo
September 28 at 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Join us for a reading with Sakiru Adebayo as part of the Abaantu Festival Author Sessions.
Sakiru Adebayo is an assistant professor and the James and Eva Good Chair of African and Postcolonial Literature at Western University. He is the author of Continuous Pasts: Frictions of Memory in Postcolonial Africa, which was shortlisted for the African Literature Association First Book Award and was a finalist for the Memory Studies Association First Book Award. Dr. Adebayo is also the winner of the 2022 Nigerian Prize for Literary Criticism and the 2023 Amílcar Cabral Prize.
He is the host of The New African Diaspora Podcast and a poet. His debut collection, Wildfire Verses, was published by Nightwood Editions in the fall of 2026.
Session schedule:
- Monday, September 28: Author reading with Sakiru Adebayo, “Wildfire Verses” Poetry Collection
- Tuesday, September 29: Nigerian poet and textile artist, Star Zahra (online)
- Thursday, October 1: Maasi land activist and author, Maison Ole Nkurrunah (online)
- Friday, October 2: Local authors Umar Turaki and Miracle Adebayo (in-person)
- Saturday, October 3: Inspiring New Knowledges with the Girlship Collective (online)
This series is organized by English and Cultural Studies Lecturer Joanna Cockerline and supported by the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies. It is part of the 2026 Abaantu Festival, organized by Kinfolk Nation. Abaantu: Festival of Stories unites diverse narratives through a week-long celebration of African and I-BPOC creativity, fostering connections across cultures. Join us to explore a rich tapestry of artistic expressions that include spoken word, music and visual art, all while engaging in meaningful dialogues and community building.
